Side (?), n. [AS. s\'c6de; akin to D. zijde, G. seite, OHG. s\'c6ta, Icel. s\'c6/a, Dan. side, Sw. sida; cf. AS. s\'c6d large, spacious, Icel. s\'c6/r long, hanging.] 1. The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distinguished from the shorter edges, called ends; a bounding line of a geometrical figure; as, the side of a field, of a square or triangle, of a river, of a road, etc.
3. Any outer portion of a thing considered apart from, and yet in relation to, the rest; as, the upper side of a sphere; also, any part or position viewed as opposite to or contrasted with another; as, this or that side.
<-- any part of the surface which can be viewed from one vantage point. -->
Looking round on every side beheld
A pathless desert.
Milton.
4. (a) One of the halves of the body, of an animals or man, on either side of the mesial plane; or that which pertains to such a half; as, a side of beef; a side of sole leather. (b) The right or left part of the wall or trunk of the body; as, a pain in the side.
One of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side.
John xix. 34.
5. A slope or declivity, as of a hill, considered as opposed to another slope over the ridge.
Along the side of yon small hill.
Milton.
6. The position of a person or party regarded as opposed to another person or party, whether as a rival or a foe; a body of advocates or partisans; a party; hence, the interest or cause which one maintains against another; a doctrine or view opposed to another.
God on our side, doubt not of victory.
Shak.
We have not always been of the . . . same side in politics.
Landor.
Sets the passions on the side of truth.
Pope.
7. A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.
To sit upon thy father David's throne,
By mother's side thy father.
Milton.
8. Fig.: Aspect or part regarded as contrasted with some other; as, the bright side of poverty.
By the side of, close at hand; near to. -- Exterior side. (Fort.) See Exterior, and Illust. of Ravelin. -- Interior side (Fort.), the line drawn from the center of one bastion to that of the next, or the line curtain produced to the two oblique radii in front. H. L. Scott. -- Side by side, close together and abreast; in company or along with. -- To choose sides, to select those who shall compete, as in a game, on either side. -- To take sides, to attach one's self to, or give assistance to, one of two opposing sides or parties.
Side
Side (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to a side, or the sides; being on the side, or toward the side; lateral.
One mighty squadron with a side wind sped.
Dryden.
2. Hence, indirect; oblique; collateral; incidental; as, a side issue; a side view or remark.
The law hath no side respect to their persons.
Hooker.
3. [AS. s\'c6d. Cf Side, n.] Long; large; extensive. [Obs. or Scot.]
Shak.
His gown had side sleeves down to mid leg.
Laneham.
Side action, in breech-loading firearms, a mechanism for operating the breech block, which is moved by a lever that turns sidewise. -- Side arms, weapons worn at the side, as sword, bayonet, pistols, etc. -- Side ax, an ax of which the handle is bent to one side. -- Side-bar rule (Eng. Law.), a rule authorized by the courts to be granted by their officers as a matter of course, without formal application being made to them in open court; -- so called because anciently moved for by the attorneys at side bar, that is, informally. Burril. -- Side box, a box or inclosed seat on the side of a theater.
To insure a side-box station at half price.
Cowper.
-- Side chain, one of two safety chains connecting a tender with a locomotive, at the sides. -- Side cut, a canal or road branching out from the main one. [U.S.] -- Side dish, one of the dishes subordinate to the main course. -- Side glance, a glance or brief look to one side. -- Side hook (Carp.), a notched piece of wood for clamping a board to something, as a bench. -- Side lever, a working beam of a side-lever engine. -- Side-lever engine, a marine steam engine having a working beam of each side of the cylinder, near the bottom of the engine, communicating motion to a crank that is above them. -- Side pipe (Steam Engine), a steam or exhaust pipe connecting the upper and lower steam chests of the cylinder of a beam engine. -- Side plane, a plane in which the cutting edge of the iron is at the side of the stock. -- Side posts (Carp.), posts in a truss, usually placed in pairs, each post set at the same distance from the middle of the truss, for supporting the principal rafters, hanging the tiebeam, etc. -- Side rod. (a) One of the rods which connect the piston-rod crosshead with the side levers, in a side-lever engine. (b) See Parallel rod, under Parallel. -- Side screw (Firearms), one of the screws by which the lock is secured to the side of a firearm stock. -- Side table, a table placed either against the wall or aside from the principal table. -- Side tool (Mach.), a cutting tool, used in a lathe or planer, having the cutting edge at the side instead of at the point. -- Side wind, a wind from one side; hence, an indirect attack, or indirect means. Wright.
Side
Side, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sided; p. pr.& vb. n. Siding.] 1. To lean on one side. [Obs.]
Bacon.
2. To embrace the opinions of one party, or engage in its interest, in opposition to another party; to take sides; as, to side with the ministerial party.
All side in parties, and begin the attack.
Pope.
Side
Side, v. t. 1. To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward. [Obs.]
His blind eye that sided Paridell.
Spenser.
2. To suit; to pair; to match. [Obs.]
Clarendon.
3. (Shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.
4. To furnish with a siding; as, to side a house.
Sideboard
Side"board` (?), n. A piece of dining-room furniture having compartments and shelves for keeping or displaying articles of table service.
At a stately sideboard, by the wine,
That fragrant smell diffused.
Milton.
Sidebone
Side"bone` (?), n. (Far.) A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter and at the sides of the coronet and coffin bone of a horse.
J. H. Walsh.
Sided
Sid"ed (?), a. Having (such or so many) sides; -- used in composition; as, one-sided; many-sided.
Sidehill
Side"hill` (?), n. The side or slope of a hill; sloping ground; a descent. [U. S.]
Sideling
Side"ling (?), adv. [OE. sideling, fr. side side. See Side, and cf. Sidelong, Headlong.] Sidelong; on the side; laterally; also, obliquely; askew.
A fellow nailed up maps . . . some sideling, and others upside down.
Swift.
Sideling
Side"ling, a. Inclining to one sidel directed toward one side; sloping; inclined; as, sideling ground.
Sidelong
Side"long` (?), adv. [See Sideling, adv.] 1. Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side.
2. On the side; as, to lay a thing sidelong. [See Sideling, adv. ]
Evelyn.
Sidelong
Side"long`, a. Lateral; oblique; not being directly in front; as, a sidelong glance.
The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love.
Goldsmith.
Sidepiece
Side"piece` (?), n. (Joinery) The jamb, or cheek, of an opening in a wall, as of door or window.
Sider
Sid"er (?), n. One who takes a side.
Sider
Si"der (?), n. Cider. [Obs.]
Sideral
Sid"er*al (?), a. [L. sideralis. See Sidereal.] 1. Relating to the stars.
2. (Astrol.) Affecting unfavorably by the supposed influence of the stars; baleful. "Sideral blast."
Milton.
Siderated
Sid"er*a`ted (?), a. [L. sideratus, p. p. of siderari to be blasted by a constellation, fr. sidus, sideris, a constellation.] Planet-struck; blasted. [Obs.]
Sideration
Sid`er*a"tion, n. [L. sideratio.] The state of being siderated, or planet-struck; esp., blast in plants; also, a sudden and apparently causeless stroke of disease, as in apoplexy or paralysis. [Obs.]
Ray.
Sidereal
Si*de"re*al (?), a. [L. sidereus, from sidus, sideris, a constellation, a star. Cf. Sideral, Consider, Desire.] 1. Relating to the stars; starry; astral; as, sidereal astronomy.
2. (Astron.) Measuring by the apparent motion of the stars; designated, marked out, or accompanied, by a return to the same position in respect to the stars; as, the sidereal revolution of a planet; a sidereal day.
Sidereal clock, day, month, year. See under Clock, Day, etc. -- Sideral time, time as reckoned by sideral days, or, taking the sidereal day as the unit, the time elapsed since a transit of the vernal equinox, reckoned in parts of a sidereal day. This is, strictly, apparent sidereal time, mean sidereal time being reckoned from the transit, not of the true, but of the mean, equinoctial point.
Siderealize
Si*de"re*al*ize (?), v. t. To elevate to the stars, or to the region of the stars; to etherealize.
German literature transformed, siderealized, as we see it in Goethe, reckons Winckelmann among its initiators.
W. Pater.
Sidereous
Si*de"re*ous (?), a. [L. sidereus.] Sidereal. [Obs.]
Siderite
Sid"er*ite, n. [L. sideritis loadstone, Gr. ////, ////, of iron, from //// iron.] 1. (Min.) (a) Carbonate of iron, an important ore of iron occuring generally in cleavable masses, but also in rhombohedral crystals. It is of a light yellowish brown color. Called also sparry iron, spathic iron. (b) A meteorite consisting solely of metallic iron. (c) An indigo-blue variety of quartz. (d) Formerly, magnetic iron ore, or loadstone.
2. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Sideritis; ironwort.
Siderographic, Siderographical
Sid`er*o*graph"ic (?), Sid`er*o*graph"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to siderography; executed by engraved plates of steel; as, siderographic art; siderographic impressions.
Siderographist
Sid`er*og"ra*phist (?), n. One skilled in siderography.
Siderography
Sid`er*og"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. /// iron + -graphy.] The art or practice of steel engraving; especially, the process, invented by Perkins, of multiplying facsimiles of an engraved steel plate by first rolling over it, when hardened, a soft steel cylinder, and then rolling the cylinder, when hardened, over a soft steel plate, which thus becomes a facsimile of the original. The process has been superseded by electrotypy.
Siderolite
Sid"er*o*lite (?), n. [Gr. /// iron + -lite.] A kind of meteorite. See under Meteorite.
Sideromancy
Sid"er*o*man`cy (?), n. [Gr. /// iron + -mancy.] Divination by burning straws on red-hot iron, and noting the manner of their burning.
Craig.
Sideroscope
Sid"er*o*scope (?), n. [Gr. /// iron + -scope.] An instrument for detecting small quantities of iron in any substance by means of a very delicate combination of magnetic needles.
Siderosis
Sid`e*ro"sis (?), n.[NL., fr. Gr. /// iron.] (Med.) A sort of pneumonia occuring in iron workers, produced by the inhalation of particles of iron.
Siderostat
Sid"er*o*stat (?), n. [L. sidus, sideris, a star + Gr. /// standing, fixed, fr. //// to place.] (Astron.) An apparatus consisting essentially of a mirror moved by clockwork so as to throw the rays of the sun or a star in a fixed direction; -- a more general term for heliostat.
Sideroxylon
Sid`e*rox"y*lon (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. /// iron + /// wood.] (Bot.) A genus of tropical sapotaceous trees noted for their very hard wood; ironwood.
Sidesaddle
Side"sad`dle (?), n. A saddle for women, in which the rider sits with both feet on one side of the animal mounted.
Sidesaddle flower (Bot.), a plant with hollow leaves and curiously shaped flowers; -- called also huntsman's cup. See Sarracenia.
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Sidesman
Sides"man (?), n.; pl. Sidesmen (/). 1. A party man; a partisan.
Milton.
2. An assistant to the churchwarden; a questman.
Side-taking
Side"-tak`ing (?), n. A taking sides, as with a party, sect, or faction.
Bp. Hall.
Sidewalk
Side"walk` (?), n. A walk for foot passengers at the side of a street or road; a foot pavement. [U.S.]
Sideways
Side"ways` (?), adv. Toward the side; sidewise.
A second refraction made sideways.
Sir I. Newton.
His beard, a good palm's length, at least, . . .
Shot sideways, like a swallow's wings.
Longfellow.
Side-wheel
Side"-wheel`, a. Having a paddle wheel on each side; -- said of steam vessels; as, a side-wheel steamer.
Sidewinder
Side"wind`er (?), n. 1. (Zo\'94l.) See Horned rattler, under Horned.
2. A heavy swinging blow from the side, which disables an adversary. [Slang.]
Sidewise
Side"wise` (?), adv. On or toward one side; laterally; sideways.
I saw them mask their awful glance
Sidewise meek in gossamer lids.
Emerson.
<-- the informal name of a specific type of heat-seeking air-to-air missile. Also, sidewinder missile. -->
Siding
Sid"ing (?), n. 1. Attaching one's self to a party.
2. A side track, as a railroad; a turnout.
3. (Carp.) The covering of the outside wall of a frame house, whether made of weatherboards, vertical boarding with cleats, shingles, or the like.
4. (Shipbuilding) The thickness of a rib or timber, measured, at right angles with its side, across the curved edge; as, a timber having a siding of ten inches.
Sidle
Si"dle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sidled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sidling (?).] [From Side.] To go or move with one side foremost; to move sidewise; as, to sidle through a crowd or narrow opening.
Swift.
He . . . then sidled close to the astonished girl.
Sir W. Scott.
Siege
Siege (?), n. [OE. sege, OF. siege, F. si\'8age a seat, a siege; cf. It. seggia, seggio, zedio, a seat, asseggio, assedio, a siege, F. assi\'82ger to besiege, It. & LL. assediare, L. obsidium a siege, besieging; all ultimately fr. L. sedere to sit. See Sit, and cf. See, n.] 1. A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne. [Obs.] "Upon the very siege of justice."
Shak.
A stately siege of sovereign majesty,
And thereon sat a woman gorgeous gay.
Spenser.
In our great hall there stood a vacant chair . . .
And Merlin called it "The siege perilous."
Tennyson.
2. Hence, place or situation; seat. [Obs.]
Ah! traitorous eyes, come out of your shameless siege forever.
Painter (Palace of Pleasure).
3. Rank; grade; station; estimation. [Obs.]
I fetch my life and being
From men of royal siege.
Shak.
4. Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter. [Obs.]
The siege of this mooncalf.
Shak.
5. The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade.
6. Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession.
Love stood the siege, and would not yield his breast.
Dryden.
7. The floor of a glass-furnace.
8. A workman's bench.
Knught.
Siege gun, a heavy gun for siege operations. -- Siege train, artillery adapted for attacking fortified places.
Siege
Siege, v. t. To besiege; to beset. [R.]
Through all the dangers that can siege
The life of man.
Buron.
Siegework
Siege"work` (?), n. A temporary fort or parallel where siege guns are mounted.
Siemens-Martin process
Sie"mens-Mar`tin proc"ess (?). See Open-hearth process, etc., under Open.
Sienite
Si"e*nite (?), n. (Min.) See Syenite.
Sienitic
Si`e*nit"ic (?), a. See Syenitic.
Sienna
Si*en"na (?), n. [It. terra di Siena, fr. Siena in Italy.] (Chem.) Clay that is colored red or brown by the oxides of iron or manganese, and used as a pigment. It is used either in the raw state or burnt.
Burnt sienna, sienna made of a much redder color by the action of fire. -- Raw sienna, sienna in its natural state, of a transparent yellowish brown color.
Siennese
Si`en*nese" (?), a. Of or pertaining to Sienna, a city of Italy.
Sierra
Si*er"ra (?), n. [Sp., properly, a saw, fr. L. serra a saw. See Serrate.] A ridge of mountain and craggy rocks, with a serrated or irregular outline; as, the Sierra Nevada.
The wild sierra overhead.
Whitter.
Siesta
Si*es"ta (?), n. [Sp., probably fr. L. sessitare to sit much or long, v. freq. of sedere, sessum, to sit. See Sit.] A short sleep taken about the middle of the day, or after dinner; a midday nap.
Sieur
Sieur (?), n. [F., abbrev. from seigneur. Cf. Monsieur, Seignior.] Sir; -- a title of respect used by the French.
Sieva
Sie"va (?), n. (Bot.) A small variety of the Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus).
Sieve
Sieve (?), n. [OE. sive, AS. sife; akin to D. zeef, zift, OHG. sib, G. sieb. &root;151a. Cf. Sift.] 1. A utensil for separating the finer and coarser parts of a pulverized or granulated substance from each other. It consist of a vessel, usually shallow, with the bottom perforated, or made of hair, wire, or the like, woven in meshes. "In a sieve thrown and sifted."
Chaucer.
2. A kind of coarse basket.
Simmonds.
Sieve cells (Bot.), cribriform cells. See under Cribriform.
Sifac
Si"fac (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The white indris of Madagascar. It is regarded by the natives as sacred.
Sifflement
Sif"fle*ment (?), n. [F., a whistling or hissing.] The act of whistling or hissing; a whistling sound; sibilation. [Obs.]
A. Brewer.
Sifilet
Sif"i*let (?), n. [Cf. F. siflet.] (Zo\'94l.) The six-shafted bird of paradise. See Paradise bird, under Paradise.
Sift
Sift (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sifting.] [AS. siftan, from sife sieve. &root;151a. See Sieve.] 1. To separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the coarse; as, to sift meal or flour; to sift powder; to sift sand or lime.
2. To separate or part as if with a sieve.
When yellow sands are sifted from below,
The glittering billows give a golden show.
Dryden.
3. To examine critically or minutely; to scrutinize.
Sifting the very utmost sentence and syllable.
Hooker.
Opportunity I here have had
To try thee, sift thee.
Milton.
Let him but narrowly sift his ideas.
I. Taylor.
To sift out, to search out with care, as if by sifting.
Sifter
Sift"er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, sifts.
2. (Zo\'94l.) Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose; -- so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamell/ of the beak.
Sig
Sig (?), n. [Akin to AS. s\'c6gan to fall. &root;151a. See Sink, v. t.] Urine. [Prov. Eng.]
Sigaultian
Si*gaul"ti*an (?), a. (Surg.) Pertaining to Sigault, a French physician. See Symphyseotomy.
Sigger
Sig"ger, v. i. Same as Sicker. [Prov. Eng.]
Sigh
Sigh (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sighed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sighing.] [OE. sighen, si/en; cf. also OE. siken, AS. s\'c6can, and OE. sighten, si/ten, sichten, AS. siccettan; all, perhaps, of imitative origin.] 1. To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, or the like.
2. Hence, to lament; to grieve.
He sighed deeply in his spirit.
Mark viii. 12.
3. To make a sound like sighing.
And the coming wind did roar more loud,
And the sails did sigh like sedge.
Coleridge.
The winter winds are wearily sighing.
Tennyson.
&hand; An extraordinary pronunciation of this word as s\'c6th is still heard in England and among the illiterate in the United States.
Sigh
Sigh, v. t. 1. To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
Never man sighed truer breath.
Shak.
2. To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
Ages to come, and men unborn,
Shall bless her name, and sigh her fate.
Pior.
3. To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
They . . . sighed forth proverbs.
Shak.
The gentle swain . . . sighs back her grief.
Hoole.
Sigh
Sigh, n. [OE. sigh; cf. OE. sik. See Sigh, v. i.] 1. A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued or grieved; the act of sighing.
I could drive the boat with my sighs.
Shak.
2. Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lan/ent.
With their sighs the air
Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite.
Milton.
Sigh-born
Sigh"-born` (?), a. Sorrowful; mournful. [R.] "Sigh-born thoughts."
De Quincey.
Sigher
Sigh"er (?), n. One who sighs.
Sighing
Sigh"ing, a. Uttering sighs; grieving; lamenting. "Sighing millions." Cowper. -- Sigh"ing*ly, adv.
Sight
Sight (?), n. [OE. sight, si/t, siht, AS. siht, gesiht, gesih/, gesieh/, gesyh/; akin to D. gezicht, G. sicht, gesicht, Dan. sigte, Sw. sigt, from the root of E. see. See See, v. t.] 1. The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land.
A cloud received him out of their sight.
Acts. i. 9.
2. The power of seeing; the faculty of vision, or of perceiving objects by the instrumentality of the eyes.
Thy sight is young,
And thou shalt read when mine begin to dazzle.
Shak.
O loss of sight, of thee I most complain!
Milton.
3. The state of admitting unobstructed vision; visibility; open view; region which the eye at one time surveys; space through which the power of vision extends; as, an object within sight.
4. A spectacle; a view; a show; something worth seeing.
Moses said, I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
Ex. iii. 3.
They never saw a sight so fair.
Spenser.
5. The instrument of seeing; the eye.
Why cloud they not their sights?
Shak.
6. Inspection; examination; as, a letter intended for the sight of only one person.
7. Mental view; opinion; judgment; as, in their sight it was harmless.
Wake.
That which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
Luke xvi. 15.
8. A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained; as, the sight of a quadrant.
Thier eyes of fire sparking through sights of steel.
Shak.
9. A small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech, muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in aiming.
Farrow.
10. In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin. In a frame or the like, the open space, the opening.
11. A great number, quantity, or sum; as, a sight of money. [Now colloquial]
&hand; Sight in this last sense was formerly employed in the best usage. "A sight of lawyers."
Latimer.
A wonder sight of flowers.
Gower.
At sight, as soon as seen, or presented to sight; as, a draft payable at sight: to read Greek at sight; to shoot a person at sight. -- Front sight (Firearms), the sight nearest the muzzle. -- Open sight. (Firearms) (a) A front sight through which the objects aimed at may be seen, in distinction from one that hides the object. (b) A rear sight having an open notch instead of an aperture. -- Peep sight, Rear sight. See under Peep, and Rear. -- Sight draft, an order, or bill of exchange, directing the payment of money at sight. -- To take sight, to take aim; to look for the purpose of directing a piece of artillery, or the like.
Syn. -- Vision; view; show; spectacle; representation; exhibition.
Sight
Sight (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sighting.] 1. To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a wreck.
Kane.
2. To look at through a sight; to see accurately; as, to sight an object, as a star.
3. To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to give the proper elevation and direction to by means of a sight; as, to sight a rifle or a cannon.
Sight
Sight, v. i. (Mil.) To take aim by a sight.
Sighted
Sight"ed, a. Having sight, or seeing, in a particular manner; -- used in composition; as, long-sighted, short-sighted, quick-sighted, sharp-sighted, and the like.
Sightful
Sight"ful (?), a. Easily or clearly seen; distinctly visible; perspicuous. [Obs.]
Testament of Love.
Sightfulness
Sight"ful*ness, n. The state of being sightful; perspicuity. [Obs.]
Sir P. Sidney.
Sight-hole
Sight"-hole` (?), n. A hole for looking through; a peephole. "Stop all sight-holes."
Shak.
Sighting
Sight"ing, a & n. from Sight, v. t.
Sighting shot, a shot made to ascertain whether the sights of a firearm are properly adjusted; a trial shot.
Sightless
Sight"less, a. 1. Wanting sight; without sight; blind.
Of all who blindly creep or sightless soar.
Pope.
2. That can not be seen; invisible. [Obs.]
The sightless couriers of the air.
Shak.
3. Offensive or unpleasing to the eye; unsightly; as, sightless stains. [R.]
Shak.
-- Sight"less*ly, adv.- Sight"less*ness, n.
Sightliness
Sight"li*ness (?), n. The state of being sightly; comeliness; conspicuousness.
Sightly
Sight"ly (?), a. 1. Pleasing to the sight; comely. "Many brave, sightly horses."
L'Estrange.
2. Open to sight; conspicuous; as, a house stands in a sightly place.
Sightproof
Sight"proof` (?), a. Undiscoverable to sight.
Hidden in their own sightproof bush.
Lowell.
Sight-seeing
Sight"-see`ing (?), a. Engaged in, or given to, seeing sights; eager for novelties or curiosities.
Sight-seeing
Sight"-see`ing, n. The act of seeing sights; eagerness for novelties or curiosities.
Sight-seer
Sight"-se`er (?), n. One given to seeing sights or noted things, or eager for novelties or curiosities.
Sight-shot
Sight"-shot` (?), n. Distance to which the sight can reach or be thrown. [R.]
Cowley.
Sightsman
Sights"man (?), n.; pl. Sightsmen (/). (Mus.) One who reads or performs music readily at first sight. [R.]
<-- now, sight-reader -->
Busby.
Sigil
Sig"il (?), n. [L. sigillum. See Seal a stamp.] A seal; a signature.
Dryden.
Of talismans and sigils knew the power.
Pope.
Sigillaria
Sig`il*la"ri*a (?), n. pl. [L., from sigillum a seal. See Sigil.] (Rom. Antic.) Little images or figures of earthenware exposed for sale, or given as presents, on the last two days of the Saturnalia; hence, the last two, or the sixth and seventh, days of the Saturnalia.
Sigillaria
Sig`il*la"ri*a, n. [NL., fem sing. fr. L. sigillum a seal.] (Paleon.) A genus of fossil trees principally found in the coal formation; -- so named from the seallike leaf scars in vertical rows on the surface.
Sigillarid
Sig`il*la"rid (?), n. (Paleon.) One of an extinct family of cryptagamous trees, including the genus Sigillaria and its allies.
Sigillated
Sig"il*la`ted (?), a. [L. sigillatus adorned with little images.] Decorated by means of stamps; -- said of pottery.
Sigillative
Sig"il*la*tive (?), a. [L. sigillum a seal: cf. OF. sigillatif.] Fit to seal; belonging to a seal; composed of wax. [R.]
Sigillum
Si*gil"lum (?), n.; pl. Sigilla (#). [L.] (Rom. & Old Eng. Law) A seal.
Sigla
Sig"la (?), n. pl. [L.] The signs, abbreviations, letters, or characters standing for words, shorthand, etc., in ancient manuscripts, or on coins, medals, etc.
W. Savage.
Sigma
Sig"ma (?), n.; pl. Sigmas (#). [L., from Gr. ///, ///.] The Greek letter S, or s). It originally had the form of the English C.
Sigmodont
Sig"mo*dont (?), n. [Gr. /// sigma (/) + ///, ///, a tooth.] (Zo\'94l.) Any one of a tribe (Sigmodontes) of rodents which includes all the indigenous rats and mice of America. So called from the form of the ridges of enamel on the crowns of the worn molars. Also used adjectively.
Sigmoid, Sigmoidal
Sig"moid (?), Sig*moid"al (?), a. [Gr. ///; /// sigma + /// form, likeness: cf. F. sigmo\'8bde.] Curved in two directions, like the letter S, or the Greek &sigmat;.
Sigmoid flexure (Anat.), the last curve of the colon before it terminates in the rectum. See Illust. under Digestive. -- Sigmoid valves. (Anat.) See Semilunar valves, under Semilunar.
Sigmoidally
Sig*moid"al*ly, adv. In a sigmoidal manner.
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Sign
Sign (?), n. [F. signe, L. signum; cf. AS. segen, segn, a sign, standard, banner, also fr. L. signum. Cf. Ensign, Resign, Seal a stamp, Signal, Signet.] That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof. Specifically: (a) A remarkable event, considered by the ancients as indicating the will of some deity; a prodigy; an omen. (b) An event considered by the Jews as indicating the divine will, or as manifesting an interposition of the divine power for some special end; a miracle; a wonder.
Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God.
Rom. xv. 19.
It shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
Ex. iv. 8.
(c) Something serving to indicate the existence, or preserve the memory, of a thing; a token; a memorial; a monument.
What time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign.
Num. xxvi. 10.
(d) Any symbol or emblem which prefigures, typifles, or represents, an idea; a type; hence, sometimes, a picture.
The holy symbols, or signs, are not barely significative; but what they represent is as certainly delivered to us as the symbols themselves.
Brerewood.
Saint George of Merry England, the sign of victory.
Spenser.
(e) A word or a character regarded as the outward manifestation of thought; as, words are the sign of ideas. (f) A motion, an action, or a gesture by which a thought is expressed, or a command or a wish made known.
They made signs to his father, how he would have him called.
Luke i. 62.
(g) Hence, one of the gestures of pantomime, or of a language of a signs such as those used by the North American Indians, or those used by the deaf and dumb.
&hand; Educaters of the deaf distinguish between natural signs, which serve for communicating ideas, and methodical, or systematic, signs, adapted for the dictation, or the rendering, of written language, word by word; and thus the signs are to be distinguished from the manual alphabet, by which words are spelled on the fingers.
(h) A military emblem carried on a banner or a standard. Milton. (i) A lettered board, or other conspicuous notice, placed upon or before a building, room, shop, or office to advertise the business there transacted, or the name of the person or firm carrying it on; a publicly displayed token or notice.
The shops were, therefore, distinguished by painted signs, which gave a gay and grotesque aspect to the streets.
Macaulay.
(j) (Astron.) The twelfth part of the ecliptic or zodiac.
&hand; The signs are reckoned from the point of intersection of the ecliptic and equator at the vernal equinox, and are named, respectively, Aries (Taurus (Gemini (II), Cancer (Leo (Virgo (Libra (Scorpio (Sagittarius (Capricornus (Aquarius (Pisces (
(k) (Alg.) A character indicating the relation of quantities, or an operation performed upon them; as, the sign + (plus); the sign -- (minus); the sign of division \'f6, and the like. (l) (Med.) An objective evidence of disease; that is, one appreciable by some one other than the patient.
&hand; The terms symptom and and sign are often used synonymously; but they may be discriminated. A sign differs from a symptom in that the latter is perceived only by the patient himself. The term sign is often further restricted to the purely local evidences of disease afforded by direct examination of the organs involved, as distinguished from those evidence of general disturbance afforded by observation of the temperature, pulse, etc. In this sense it is often called physical sign.
(m) (Mus.) Any character, as a flat, sharp, dot, etc. (n) (Theol.) That which, being external, stands for, or signifies, something internal or spiritual; -- a term used in the Church of England in speaking of an ordinance considered with reference to that which it represents.
An outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace.
Bk. of Common Prayer.
&hand; See the Table of Arbitrary Signs, p. 1924.
Sign manual. (a) (Eng. Law) The royal signature superscribed at the top of bills of grants and letter patent, which are then sealed with the privy signet or great seal, as the case may be, to complete their validity. (b) The signature of one's name in one's own handwriting. Craig. Tomlins. Wharton.
Syn. -- Token; mark; note; symptom; indication; signal; symbol; type; omen; prognostic; presage; manifestation. See Emblem.
Sign
Sign (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Signed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Signing.] [OE. seinen to bless, originally, to make the sign of the cross over; in this sense fr. ASS. segnian (from segn, n.), or OF. seignier, F. signer, to mark, to sign (in sense 3), fr. L. signare to mark, set a mark upon, from signum. See Sign, n.] 1. To represent by a sign; to make known in a typical or emblematic manner, in distinction from speech; to signify.
I signed to Browne to make his retreat.
Sir W. Scott.
2. To make a sign upon; to mark with a sign.
We receive this child into the congregation of Christ's flock, and do sign him with the sign of the cross.
Bk. of Com Prayer.
3. To affix a signature to; to ratify by hand or seal; to subscribe in one's own handwriting.
Inquire the Jew's house out, give him this deed,
And let him sign it.
Shak.
4. To assign or convey formally; -- used with away.
5. To mark; to make distinguishable.
Shak.
Sign
Sign (?), v. i. 1. To be a sign or omen. [Obs.]
Shak.
2. To make a sign or signal; to communicate directions or intelligence by signs.
3. To write one's name, esp. as a token of assent, responsibility, or obligation.
<-- 4. to communicate in sign language (subtype of 3) -->
Signable
Sign"a*ble (?), a. Suitable to be signed; requiring signature; as, a legal document signable by a particular person.
Signal
Sig"nal (?), n. [F., fr. LL. signale, fr. L. signum. See Sign, n.] 1. A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agreed upon as the occasion of concerted action.
All obeyed
The wonted signal and superior voice
Of this great potentate.
Milton.
2. A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.
The weary sun . . .
Gives signal of a goodly day to-morrow.
Shak.
There was not the least signal of the calamity to be seen.
De Foc.
Signal
Sig"nal, a. [From signal, n.: cf. F. signal\'82.] 1. Noticeable; distinguished from what is ordinary; eminent; remarkable; memorable; as, a signal exploit; a signal service; a signal act of benevolence.
As signal now in low, dejected state
As erst in highest, behold him where he lies.
Milton.
2. Of or pertaining to signals, or the use of signals in conveying information; as, a signal flag or officer.
The signal service, a bureau of the government (in the United States connected with the War Department) organized to collect from the whole country simultaneous raports of local meteorological conditions, upon comparison of which at the central office, predictions concerning the weather are telegraphed to various sections, where they are made known by signals publicly displayed. -- Signal station, the place where a signal is displayed; specifically, an observation office of the signal service.
Syn. -- Eminent; remarkable; memorable; extraordinary; notable; conspicuous.
Signal
Sig"nal, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Signaled (/) or Signalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Signaling or Signalling.] 1. To communicate by signals; as, to signal orders.
2. To notify by a signals; to make a signal or signals to; as, to signal a fleet to anchor.
M. Arnold.
Signalist
Sig"nal*ist, n. One who makes signals; one who communicates intelligence by means of signals.
Signality
Sig*nal"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being signal or remarkable. [Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
Signalize
Sig"nal*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Signalized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Signalizing (?).] [From Signal, a.] 1. To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish.
It is this passion which drives men to all the ways we see in use of signalizing themselves.
Burke.
2. To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship signalizes its consort.
3. To indicate the existence, presence, or fact of, by a signal; as, to signalize the arrival of a steamer.
Signally
Sig"nal*ly, adv. In a signal manner; eminently.
Signalman
Sig"nal*man (?), n.; pl. -men (/). A man whose business is to manage or display signals; especially, one employed in setting the signals by which railroad trains are run or warned.
Signalment
Sig"nal*ment (?), n. The act of signaling, or of signalizing; hence, description by peculiar, appropriate, or characteristic marks.
Mrs. Browning.
Signate
Sig"nate (?), a. [L. signatus, p. p. See Sign, v. t.] (Zo\'94l.) Having definite color markings.
Signation
Sig*na"tion (?), n. [L. signatio. See Sign, v. t.] Sign given; marking. [Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
Signatory
Sig"na*to*ry (?), a. [L. signatorius.] 1. Relating to a seal; used in sealing. [Obs.]
Bailey.
2. Signing; joining or sharing in a signature; as, signatory powers.
Signatory
Sig"na*to*ry, n.; pl. -ries (/). A signer; one who signs or subscribes; as, a conference of signatories.
Signature
Sig"na*ture (?), n. [F. (cf. It. signatura, segnatura, Sp. & LL. signatura), from L. signare, signatum. See Sign, v. t.] 1. A sign, stamp, or mark impressed, as by a seal.
The brain, being well furnished with various traces, signatures, and images.
I. Watts.
The natural and indelible signature of God, which human souls . . . are supposed to be stamped with.
Bentley.
2. Especially, the name of any person, written with his own hand, employed to signify that the writing which precedes accords with his wishes or intentions; a sign manual; an autograph.
3. (Physiol.) An outward mark by which internal characteristics were supposed to be indicated.
Some plants bear a very evident signature of their nature and use.
Dr. H. More.
4. (Old Med.) A resemblance between the external characters of a disease and those of some physical agent, for instance, that existing between the red skin of scarlet fever and a red cloth; -- supposed to indicate this agent in the treatment of the disease.
5. (Mus.) The designation of the key (when not C major, or its relative, A minor) by means of one or more sharps or flats at the beginning of the staff, immediately after the clef, affecting all notes of the same letter throughout the piece or movement. Each minor key has the same signature as its relative major.
6. (Print.) (a) A letter or figure placed at the bottom of the first page of each sheet of a book or pamphlet, as a direction to the binder in arranging and folding the sheets. (b) The printed sheet so marked, or the form from which it is printed; as, to reprint one or more signatures.
&hand; Star signatures (as A*, 1*) are the same characters, with the addition of asterisks, used on the first pages of offcuts, as in 12mo sheets.
7. (Pharm.) That part of a prescription which contains the directions to the patient. It is usually prefaced by S or Sig. (an abbreviation for the Latin signa, imperative of signare to sign or mark).
Signature
Sig"na*ture (?), v. t. To mark with, or as with, a signature or signatures.
Signaturist
Sig"na*tur`ist (?), n. One who holds to the doctrine of signatures impressed upon objects, indicative of character or qualities. [Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
Signboard
Sign"board` (?), n. A board, placed on or before a shop, office, etc., on which ssome notice is given, as the name of a firm, of a business, or the like.
Signer
Sign"er (?), n. One who signs or subscribes his name; as, a memorial with a hundred signers.
Signet
Sig"net (?), n. [OF. signet a signet, F., a bookmark, dim. of signe. See Sign, n., and cf. Sennet.] A seal; especially, in England, the seal used by the sovereign in sealing private letters and grants that pass by bill under the sign manual; -- called also privy signet.
I had my father's signet in my purse.
Shak.
Signet ring, a ring containing a signet or private seal. -- Writer to the signet (Scots Law), a judicial officer who prepares warrants, writs, etc.; originally, a clerk in the office of the secretary of state.
Signeted
Sig"net*ed, a. Stamped or marked with a signet.
Signifer
Sig"ni*fer (?), a. [L., from signum sign + ferre to bear.] Bearing signs. [Obs.] "The signifer sphere, or zodiac."
Holland.
Significance, Significancy
Sig*nif"i*cance (?), Sig*nif"i*can*cy (?), n. [L. significantia.] 1. The quality or state of being significant.
2. That which is signified; meaning; import; as, the significance of a nod, of a motion of the hand, or of a word or expression.
3. Importance; moment; weight; consequence.
With this brain I must work, in order to give significancy and value to the few facts which I possess.
De Quincey.
Significant
Sig*nif"i*cant (?), a. [L. significans, -antis, p. pr. of significare. See Signify.] 1. Fitted or designed to signify or make known somethingl having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive or suggestive; as, a significant word or sound; a significant look.
It was well said of Plotinus, that the stars were significant, but not efficient.
Sir W. Raleigh.
2. Deserving to be considered; important; momentous; as, a significant event.
Significant figures (Arith.), the figures which remain to any number, or decimal fraction, after the ciphers at the right or left are canceled. Thus, the significant figures of 25,000, or of .0025, are 25.
Significant
Sig*nif"i*cant, n. That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.
Wordsworth.
In dumb significants proclaim your thoughts.
Shak.
Significantly
Sig*nif"i*cant*ly, adv. In a significant manner.
Significate
Sig*nif"i*cate (?), n. [L. significatus, p. p. of significare. See Signify.] (Logic) One of several things signified by a common term.
Whately.
Signification
Sig`ni*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [F. signification, L. significatio.] 1. The act of signifying; a making known by signs or other means.
A signification of being pleased.
Landor.
All speaking or signification of one's mind implies an act or addres of one man to another.
South.
2. That which is signified or made known; that meaning which a sign, character, or token is intended to convey; as, the signification of words.
Significative
Sig*nif"i*ca*tive (?), a. [L. significativus: cf. F. significatif.] 1. Betokening or representing by an external sign.
The holy symbols or signs are not barely significative.
Brerewood.
2. Having signification or meaning; expressive of a meaning or purpose; significant.
Neither in the degrees of kindred they were destitute of significative words.
Camden.
-- Sig*nif"i*ca*tive*ly, adv. -- Sig*nif"i*ca*tive*ness, n.
Significator
Sig"ni*fi*ca`tor (?), n. [Cf. F. significateur.] One who, or that which, signifies.
In this diagram there was one significator which pressed remarkably upon our astrologer's attention.
Sir W. Scott.
Significatory
Sig*nif"i*ca*to*ry (?), a. [L. significatorius.] Significant. -- n. That which is significatory.
Significavit
Sig`ni*fi*ca"vit (?), n. [L., (he) has signified, perf. ind. of significare to signify.] (Eng. Eccl. Law) Formerly, a writ issuing out of chancery, upon certificate given by the ordinary, of a man's standing excommunicate by the space of forty days, for the laying him up in prison till he submit himself to the authority of the church.
Crabb.
Signify
Sig"ni*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Signified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Signifying (?).] [F. signifier, L. significare; signum a sign + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Sign, n., and -fy.] 1. To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to announce; to make known; to declare; to express; as, a signified his desire to be present.
I 'll to the king; and signify to him
That thus I have resign'd my charge to you.
Shak.
The government should signify to the Protestants of Ireland that want of silver is not to be remedied.
Swift.
2. To mean; to import; to denote; to betoken.
He bade her tell him what it signified.
Chaucer.
A tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Shak.
&hand; Signify is often used impersonally; as, it signifies nothing, it does not signify, that is, it is of no importance.
Syn. -- To express; manifest; declare; utter; intimate; betoken; denote; imply; mean.
Signior
Sign"ior (?), n. Sir; Mr. The English form and pronunciation for the Italian Signor and the Spanish Se\'a4or.
Signiorize
Sign"ior*ize (?), v. t. [See Seigniorize.] To exercise dominion over; to lord it over. [Obs.]
Shelton.
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Signiorize
Sign"ior*ize (?), v. i. To exercise dominion; to signiorize. [Obs.]
Hewyt.
Signiorship
Sign"ior*ship, n. State or position of a signior.
Signiory
Sign"ior*y (?), n. Same as Seigniory.
Signor, Signore
Si*gnor" (?), Si*gno"re (?), n. [It. See Seignior.] Sir; Mr; -- a title of address or respect among the Italians. Before a noun the form is Signor.
Signora
Si*gno"ra (?), n. [It.] Madam; Mrs; -- a title of address or respect among the Italians.
Signorina
Si`gno*ri"na (?), n. [It.] Miss; -- a title of address among the Italians.
Signpost
Sign"post` (?), n. A post on which a sign hangs, or on which papers are placed to give public notice of anything.
Sik, Sike
Sik (?), Sike (?), a. Such. See Such. [Obs.] "Sike fancies weren foolerie."
Spenser.
Sike
Sike (?), n. [AS. s\'c6c. Cf. Sig.] A gutter; a stream, such as is usually dry in summer. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Sike
Sike, n. [See Sick.] A sick person. [Prov. Eng.]
Sike
Sike, v. i. To sigh. [Obs.]
That for his wife weepeth and siketh sore.
Chaucer.
Sike
Sike, n. A sigh. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Siker, a. & adv., Sikerly, adv., Sikerness
Sik"er (?), a. & adv., Sik"er*ly, adv., Sik"er*ness, n., etc. See 2d Sicker, Sickerly, etc. [Obs.]
Sikhs
Sikhs (?), n. pl.; sing. Sikh (/). [Hind. Sikh, properly, a disciple.] A religious sect noted for warlike traits, founded in the Punjab at the end of the 15th century.
Silage
Si"lage (?), n. & v. Short for Ensilage.
Sile
Sile (?), v. t. [Akin to Sw. sila to strain, sil sieve, G. sielen to draw away or lead off water. &root;151a. See Silt.] To strain, as fresh milk. [Prov. Eng.]
Sile
Sile, v. i. To drop; to flow; to fall. [Prov. Eng.]
Sile
Sile, n. 1. A sieve with fine meshes. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Filth; sediment. [Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
Sile
Sile, n. [Icel. s\'c6ld herring; akin to Sw. sill, Dan. sild. Cf. Sill the young of a herring.] (Zo\'94l.) A young or small herring. [Eng.]
Pennant.
Silence
Si"lence (?), n. [F., fr. L. silentium. See Silent.]
1. The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness.
I saw and heared; for such a numerous host
Fled not in silence through the frighted deep.
Milton.
2. Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness.
3. Secrecy; as, these things were transacted in silence.
The administration itself keeps a profound silence.
D. Webster.
4. The cessation of rage, agitation, or tumilt; calmness; quiest; as, the elements were reduced to silence.
5. Absence of mention; oblivion.
And what most merits fame, in silence hid.
Milton.
Silence
Si"lence, interj. Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence.
Shak.
Silence
Si"lence, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Silenced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Silencing (?).] 1. To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush.
Silence that dreadful bell; it frights the isle.
Shak.
2. To put to rest; to quiet.
This would silence all further opposition.
Clarendon.
These would have silenced their scruples.
Rogers.
3. To restrain from the exercise of any function, privilege of instruction, or the like, especially from the act of preaching; as, to silence a minister of the gospel.
The Rev. Thomas Hooker of Chelmsford, in Essex, was silenced for nonconformity.
B. Trumbull.
4. To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade; as, to silence the batteries of an enemy.
Silene
Si*le"ne (?), n. [NL., fr. L. Silenus, the attendant of Bacchus.] (Bot.) A genus of caryophyllaceous plants, usually covered with a viscid secretion by which insects are caught; catchfly.
Bon Sil\'8ane. See Sil\'8ane, in the Vocabulary.
Silent
Si"lent (?), a. [L. silens, -entis, p. pr. of silere to be silent; akin to Goth. ana-silan.] 1. Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
How silent is this town!
Shak.
2. Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
Ulysses, adds he, was the most eloquent and most silent of men.
Broome.
This new-created world, whereof in hell
Fame is not silent.
Milton.
3. Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed; as, the wind is silent.
Parnell. Sir W. Raleigh.
4. (Pron.) Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, e is silent in "fable."
5. Having no effect; not operating; inefficient. [R.]
Cause . . . silent, virtueless, and dead.
Sir W. Raleigh.
Silent partner. See Dormant partner, under Dormant.
Syn. -- Mute; taciturn; dumb; speechless; quiet; still. See Mute, and Taciturn.
Silent
Si"lent, n. That which is silent; a time of silence. [R.] "The silent of the night."
Shak.
Silentiary
Si*len"ti*a*ry (?), n. [L. silentiarius: cf. F. silenciaire. See Silence.] One appointed to keep silence and order in court; also, one sworn not to divulge secre/ of state.
Silentious
Si*len"tious (?), a. [L. silentiosus: cf. F. silencieux.] Habitually silent; taciturn; reticent. [R.]
Silently
Si"lent*ly (?), adv. In a silent manner.
Silentness
Si"lent*ness, n. State of being silent; silence.
Silenus
Si*le"nus (?), n. [L. Silenus the tutor and attendant of Bacchus.] (Zo\'94l.) See Wanderoo.
Silesia
Si*le"si*a (?), n. 1. A kind of linen cloth, originally made in Silesia, a province of Prussia.
2. A twilled cotton fabric, used for dress linings.
Silesian
Si*le"si*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Silesia. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Silesia.
Silex
Si"lex (?), n. [L., a finit, a pebblestone.] (Min.) Silica, SiO2 as found in nature, constituting quarz, and most sands and sandstones. See Silica, and Silicic.
Silhouette
Sil`hou*ette" (?), n. [F.; -- so called from Etienne de Silhoutte, a French minister of finance in 1759, whise diversion it was to make such portraits on the walls of his apartments.] A representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be.
Silhouette
Sil`hou*ette", v. t. To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette. [Recent]
A flock of roasting vultures silhouetted on the sky.
The Century.
Silica
Sil"i*ca (?), n. [NL., from L. silex, silics, a flint.] (Chem.) Silicon dioxide, SiO/. It constitutes ordinary quartz (also opal and tridymite), and is artifically prepared as a very fine, white, tasteless, inodorous powder.
Silicate
Sil"i*cate (?), n.[Cf. F. silicate.] (Chem.) A salt of silicic acid.
&hand; In mineralogical chemistry the silicates include; the unisilicates or orthosilicates, salts of orthosilicic acid; the bisilicates or metasilicates, salts of metasilicic acid; the polysilicates or acid silicates, salts of the polysilicic acids; the basic silicates or subsilicates, in which the equivalent of base is greater than would be required to neutralize the acid; and the hydrous silicates, including the zeolites and many hydrated decomposition products.
Silicated
Sil"i*ca`ted (?), a. (Chem.) Combined or impregnated with silicon or silica; as, silicated hydrogen; silicated rocks.
Silicated soap, a hard soap containing silicate of soda.
Silicatization
Sil`i*ca*ti*za"tion (?), n. Silicification.
Silicea
Si*lic"e*a (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) Same as Silicoidea.
Siliceous
Si*li"ceous (?), a. [L. siliceus, fr. silex, silicis, a flint.] Of or pertaining to silica; containing silica, or partaking of its nature. [Written also silisious.]
Silicic
Si*lic"ic (?), a. [L. silex, silicis, a flint: cf. F. silicique.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, silica; specifically, designating compounds of silicon; as, silicic acid.
Silicic acid (Chem.), an amorphous gelatinous substance, Si(HO)4, very unstable and easily dried to silica, but forming many stable salts; -- called also orthosilicic, ∨ normal silicic, acid.
Silicicalcareous
Si*lic`i*cal*ca"re*ous (?), a. Consisting of silica and calcareous matter.
Silicide
Sil"i*cide (?), n. (Chem.) A binary compound of silicon, or one regarded as binary. [R.]
Hydrogen silicide (Chem.), a colorless, spontaneously inflammable gas, SiH4, produced artifically from silicon, and analogous to methane; -- called also silico-methane, silicon hydride, and formerly siliciureted hydrogen.<-- now called silane, silicon hydride, or silicane. The term silane is used as the theoretical parent compound of a large series of derivatives in which one or more of the hydrogens are substituted; the term is also used generically to refer to any one of a large series of silicon compounds, including a series containing silicon-silicon bonds, analogous to the compounds containing carbon. -->
Siliciferous
Sil`i*cif"er*ous (?), a. [L. silex, silicis, a flint + -ferous.] Producing silica; united with silica.
Silicification
Si*lic`i*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [See Silicify.] (Chem.) Thae act or process of combining or impregnating with silicon or silica; the state of being so combined or impregnated; as, the silicification of wood.
Silicified
Si*lic"i*fied (?), a. (Chem.) Combined or impregnated with silicon or silica, especially the latter; as, silicified wood.
Silicify
Si*lic"i*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Silicified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Silicifying (?).] [L. silex, silicis, a flint + -fy: cf. F. silicifier.] (Chem.) To convert into, or to impregnate with, silica, or with the compounds of silicon.
The specimens found . . . are completely silicified.
Say.
&hand; The silica may take the form of agate, chalcedony, flint, hornstone, or crystalline quartz.
Silicify
Si*lic"i*fy, v. i. To become converted into silica, or to be impregnated with silica.
Silicioidea
Sil`i*ci*oi"de*a (?), n. pl. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Silicoidea.
Silicious
Si*li"cious (?), a. See Siliceous.
Silicispongi\'91
Sil`i*ci*spon"gi*\'91 (?), n. pl. [NL. See Silex, and Sponge.] (Zo\'94l.) Same as Silicoidea.
Silicited
Si*lic"it*ed (?), a. Silicified. [Obs.]
Silicium
Si*lic"i*um (?), n. See Silicon.
Siliciureted
Si*lic"i*u*ret`ed (?), a. [Written also siliciuretted.] (Old. Chem.) Combined or impregnated with silicon. [Obsoles.]
Siliciureted hydrogen. (Chem.) Hydrogen silicide. [Obs.]
Silicle
Sil"i*cle (?), n. [L. silicula, dim. of siliqua a pod or husk: cf. F. silicule.] (Bot.) A seed vessel resembling a silique, but about as broad as it is long. See Silique.
Silico-
Sil"i*co- (?). (Chem.) A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting